*For use with STATA data file "ISQ Syria replication dataset.dta". 

*Replication Instructions for Manuscript

*Manuscript Table 1

sum age education professional laborer unemployed alpharesources timehere quit_wounded homedestroyed familykilled familyinjured switcher howmanygroups oncefsa lastfsa onceislamist lastislamist oncejihad lastjihad timefought

*Test accompanying Manuscript Table 1

tab professional 
tab laborer 
tab student 
tab unemployed
*alpha food water shelter medical fuel electricity tv internet phone radio, gen(alpharesources)
tab timehere
tab quit_wounded
tab familykilled
tab familyinjured
tab homedestroyed
tab switcher
tab oncefsa
tab lastfsa
tab onceislamist
tab lastjihad
tab oncejihad
sum timefought

*Figure 1

*Figure 1A created in excel

sum supportgoals inspiredbygroup friendsjoined familypressure givelifemeaning wantrespect defendtown defeatassad revenge forced money islamicstate training fatwa

*Figure 1B created in excel

sum switch_betterpay switch_bettercare switch_betterleaders switch_betterfighters switch_friendsleft switch_cantwin switch_againstgoals switch_forislam switch_lacksupplies switch_motivation switch_abusive switch_feelsafer switch_stronger switch_corrupt

*Figure 1C created in excel

sum quit_wounded quit_care4family quit_kickedout quit_familypressure quit_againstgoals quit_nodiscipline quit_noteamwork quit_negotiate quit_noskills quit_badhealth quit_stress quit_cantwin quit_toorisky quit_notworthdyingfor quit_corruption quit_badleaders

*Figure 2

*Figure 2.1

histogram revfightagain, percent discrete

*Figure 2.2

reg revfightagain supportgoals inspiredbygroup friendsjoined familypressure givelifemeaning wantrespect defendtown defeatassad revenge money islamicstate training fatwa, robust

coefplot, xline(0) nolabel drop(_cons)

*Figure 2.3

reg revfightagain switch_betterpay switch_bettercare switch_betterleaders switch_betterfighters switch_friendsleft switch_cantwin switch_againstgoals switch_forislam switch_lacksupplies switch_motivation switch_abusive switch_feelsafer switch_stronger switch_corrupt, robust

coefplot, xline(0) nolabel drop(_cons)

*Figure 2.4

reg revfightagain quit_wounded quit_care4family quit_kickedout quit_familypressure quit_againstgoals quit_nodiscipline quit_noteamwork quit_negotiate quit_noskills quit_badhealth quit_stress quit_cantwin quit_toorisky quit_notworthdyingfor quit_corruption quit_badleaders,robust

coefplot, xline(0) nolabel drop(_cons)

*Text accompanying Figure 2

tab revfightagain
tab forced
tab switcher
tab quit_negotiate

*Figure 3

reg revfightagain defeatassad islamicstate money quit_noteamwork quit_corruption ceasefire switcher howmanygroups switch_stronger switch_motivation switch_abusive switch_friendsleft oncefsa onceislam lastfsa lastislam timefought i.quit_toorisky#quit_wounded familykilled familyinjured homedestroyed age education professional laborer unemployed alpharesources timehere closehere, robust

coefplot, xline(0) nolabel drop(_cons 0.quit_toorisky#0.quit_wounded) baselevels

*Text accompanying Figure 3.

pwcorr defeatassad islamicstate, sig
pwcorr money defeatassad islamicstate, sig
pwcorr quit_corruption defeatassad islamicstate, sig
tab quit_negotiate
pwcorr islamicstate howmanygroups switch_stronger switch_abusive, sig
tab quit_wounded
tab incombat
tab howwounded
pwcorr quit_toorisky defeatassad islamicstate, sig

*Appendix Table 1. 

sum defeatassad islamicstate money quit_noteamwork quit_corruption quit_negotiate ceasefire switcher howmanygroups switch_stronger switch_motivation switch_abusive switch_friendsleft quit_toorisky closehere


*Replication Instructions for Online Appendix

*SI Table 1. 

*The rebel groups in this table were compiled from the group names given to us in the survey based on variable groupname and groupnames

*SI Table 2. SI Figure 1

sum supportgoals inspiredbygroup friendsjoined familypressure givelifemeaning wantrespect defendtown defeatassad revenge forced money islamicstate training fatwa

graph bar supportgoals inspiredbygroup friendsjoined familypressure givelifemeaning wantrespect defendtown defeatassad revenge forced money islamicstate training fatwa

*SI Table 3

reg revfightagain supportgoals inspiredbygroup friendsjoined familypressure givelifemeaning wantrespect defendtown defeatassad revenge money islamicstate training fatwa, robust

*SI Table 4. SI Figure 2

sum switch_betterpay switch_bettercare switch_betterleaders switch_betterfighters switch_friendsleft switch_cantwin switch_againstgoals switch_forislam switch_lacksupplies switch_motivation switch_abusive switch_feelsafer switch_stronger switch_corrupt

graph bar switch_betterpay switch_bettercare switch_betterleaders switch_betterfighters switch_friendsleft switch_cantwin switch_againstgoals switch_forislam switch_lacksupplies switch_motivation switch_abusive switch_feelsafer switch_stronger switch_corrupt

*SI Table 5. 

reg revfightagain quit_wounded quit_care4family quit_kickedout quit_familypressure quit_againstgoals quit_nodiscipline quit_noteamwork quit_negotiate quit_noskills quit_badhealth quit_stress quit_cantwin quit_toorisky quit_notworthdyingfor quit_corruption quit_badleaders, robust

*SI Table 6. SI Figure 3.

sum quit_wounded quit_care4family quit_kickedout quit_familypressure quit_againstgoals quit_nodiscipline quit_noteamwork quit_negotiate quit_noskills quit_badhealth quit_stress quit_cantwin quit_toorisky quit_notworthdyingfor quit_corruption quit_badleaders

graph bar quit_wounded quit_care4family quit_kickedout quit_familypressure quit_againstgoals quit_nodiscipline quit_noteamwork quit_negotiate quit_noskills quit_badhealth quit_stress quit_cantwin quit_toorisky quit_notworthdyingfor quit_corruption quit_badleaders

*SI Table 7. 

reg revfightagain switch_betterpay switch_bettercare switch_betterleaders switch_betterfighters switch_friendsleft switch_cantwin switch_againstgoals switch_forislam switch_lacksupplies switch_motivation switch_abusive switch_feelsafer switch_stronger switch_corrupt, robust

*SI Table 8. 

reg revfightagain defeatassad islamicstate money quit_noteamwork quit_corruption ceasefire switcher howmanygroups switch_stronger switch_motivation switch_abusive switch_friendsleft oncefsa onceislam lastfsa lastislam timefought i.quit_toorisky#quit_wounded familykilled familyinjured homedestroyed age education professional laborer unemployed alpharesources timehere closehere, robust

reg revfightagain defeatassad islamicstate money quit_noteamwork quit_corruption ceasefire switcher howmanygroups switch_stronger switch_motivation switch_abusive switch_friendsleft oncefsa onceislam lastfsa lastislam timefought quit_toorisky#quit_wounded familykilled familyinjured homedestroyed age education professional laborer unemployed alpharesources timehere closehere if quit_wounded==1, robust

*SI Table 9. 

xtset month

xtreg revfightagain defeatassad islamicstate money quit_noteamwork quit_corruption ceasefire switcher howmanygroups switch_stronger switch_motivation switch_abusive switch_friendsleft oncefsa onceislam lastfsa lastislam timefought quit_toorisky#quit_wounded familykilled familyinjured homedestroyed age education professional laborer unemployed alpharesources timehere, robust

*Evaluating Social Desirability Bias

tab comfort
tab environment
tab understood
tab closehere

reg revfightagain defeatassad islamicstate money quit_noteamwork quit_corruption ceasefire switcher howmanygroups switch_stronger switch_motivation switch_abusive switch_friendsleft oncefsa onceislam lastfsa lastislam timefought quit_toorisky#quit_wounded familykilled familyinjured homedestroyed age education professional laborer unemployed alpharesources timehere closehere comfort environment understood, robust

coefplot, xline(0) nolabel drop(_cons)

*Ethical Conduct of Field Research

tab safety

*Rebel vs. Regime Capabilites

tab failnegot
tab assadstay 
tab stepdown 
tab fsawin
tab nochange

reg revfightagain failnegot assadstay stepdown fsawin nochange, robust

*Sub-Group Analysis

reg revfightagain defeatassad islamicstate money quit_noteamwork quit_corruption ceasefire switcher howmanygroups switch_stronger switch_motivation switch_abusive switch_friendsleft oncefsa onceislam lastfsa lastislam timefought quit_toorisky#quit_wounded familykilled familyinjured homedestroyed age education professional laborer unemployed alpharesources timehere closehere, robust

reg revfightagain defeatassad islamicstate money quit_noteamwork quit_corruption ceasefire switcher howmanygroups switch_stronger switch_motivation switch_abusive switch_friendsleft oncefsa onceislam lastfsa lastislam timefought quit_toorisky#quit_wounded familykilled familyinjured homedestroyed age education professional laborer unemployed alpharesources timehere closehere if oncefsa==1, robust
reg revfightagain defeatassad islamicstate money quit_noteamwork quit_corruption ceasefire switcher howmanygroups switch_stronger switch_motivation switch_abusive switch_friendsleft oncefsa onceislam lastfsa lastislam timefought quit_toorisky#quit_wounded familykilled familyinjured homedestroyed age education professional laborer unemployed alpharesources timehere closehere if onceislamist==1, robust

*Ordered Logit vs. Probit Robustness Checks

reg revfightagain defeatassad islamicstate money quit_noteamwork quit_corruption ceasefire switcher howmanygroups switch_stronger switch_motivation switch_abusive switch_friendsleft oncefsa onceislam lastfsa lastislam timefought quit_toorisky#quit_wounded familykilled familyinjured homedestroyed age education professional laborer unemployed alpharesources timehere closehere, robust

ologit revfightagain defeatassad islamicstate money quit_noteamwork quit_corruption ceasefire switcher howmanygroups switch_stronger switch_motivation switch_abusive switch_friendsleft oncefsa onceislam lastfsa lastislam timefought quit_toorisky#quit_wounded familykilled familyinjured homedestroyed age education professional laborer unemployed alpharesources timehere closehere, robust

oprobit revfightagain defeatassad islamicstate money quit_noteamwork quit_corruption ceasefire switcher howmanygroups switch_stronger switch_motivation switch_abusive switch_friendsleft oncefsa onceislam lastfsa lastislam timefought quit_toorisky#quit_wounded familykilled familyinjured homedestroyed age education professional laborer unemployed alpharesources timehere closehere, robust

*Checking for Multicollinearity

reg revfightagain defeatassad islamicstate money quit_noteamwork quit_corruption ceasefire switcher howmanygroups switch_stronger switch_motivation switch_abusive switch_friendsleft oncefsa onceislam lastfsa lastislam timefought quit_toorisky#quit_wounded familykilled familyinjured homedestroyed age education professional laborer unemployed alpharesources timehere closehere, robust

estat vif

reg revfightagain defeatassad islamicstate money quit_noteamwork quit_corruption ceasefire switch_stronger switch_motivation switch_abusive switch_friendsleft oncefsa onceislam  timefought quit_toorisky#quit_wounded familykilled familyinjured homedestroyed age education professional laborer unemployed alpharesources timehere closehere, robust

estat vif

reg revfightagain defeatassad islamicstate quit_noteamwork ceasefire switch_stronger switch_motivation switch_abusive switch_friendsleft i.quit_toorisky#quit_wounded, robust

reg revfightagain defeatassad islamicstate quit_noteamwork ceasefire switch_stronger switch_motivation switch_abusive switch_friendsleft i.quit_toorisky#quit_wounded age education professional laborer unemployed, robust

reg revfightagain defeatassad islamicstate money quit_noteamwork quit_corruption ceasefire switcher howmanygroups switch_stronger switch_motivation switch_abusive switch_friendsleft oncefsa onceislam lastfsa lastislam timefought i.quit_toorisky#quit_wounded familykilled familyinjured homedestroyed age education professional laborer unemployed alpharesources timehere closehere, robust
